A National-Scale Infrastructure Databaseand Modelling Environment for the UK
Mr David AldersonDr Stuart Barr, Mr Craig Robson
Dr Alexander Otto, Prof Jim Hall, Mr Scott Thacker, Dr Raghav Pant
International Symposium for Next Generation InfrastructureSMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong
3rd October 2013
This research was funded by EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1
Overview
• Introduction• National Infrastructure System Model (NISMOD-DB)
• Contents• Technology• Visualisation
• NISMOD-DB for Networks• Overview• Structure• Visualisation
• Future work…• Summary• Contacts and Links
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Introduction
• Infrastructure planning, investment, delivery, maintenance, upgrading and improving all require DATA!– Supply and demand (NISMOD-LP)– Asset inventory– Performance– Failures and recovery– Connectivity
• Integrated data management environment required– Storage, maintenance and updates– Modelling and analysis– Visualisation and dissemination
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NISMOD-DB - Contents
• Database of spatial and aspatial infrastructure-related data for the UK– Traditional physical infrastructure assets– Hazards– Infrastructure capacity and demand modelling inputs and outputs
(NISMOD-LP)– Network modelling and storage
• Network-enabled database schema• Physical infrastructure network construction
• Prototype visualisation tools– Visualisation of infrastructure networks– Infrastructure data dashboard for demographic and economic projections
to 2100
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NISMOD-DB - Overview
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NISMOD – DB – Technology
SQL / plpgSQL
D3js.orgPrototype web client(s)
Middleware / Analysis packages
NetworkX
Database(s)Network Schema
Network views(SQL/plpgSQL)
Admin
Desktop{“key”: “JSON”}
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NISMOD-DB - Visualisation
• Requirements:– Reporting– Investigation– Interactivity
• Standard approaches: maps, plots, charts, graphs, diagrams…
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NISMOD-DB – Visualisation…
Map Panel Chart Panel
Control Panel
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NISMOD-DB – Visualisation…
Chart / Map Panel Chart Panel
Control Panel
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NISMOD-DB – Visualisation…
Chart / Map Panel Chart Panel
Control Panel
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NISMOD-DB for Networks
• Architecture to handle various regional and national scale spatial networks– Storage– Analysis– Visualisation
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NISMOD-DB for Networks…
nx_pg nx_pgnet
Network DatabaseSchema
NetworkX
Import / export graph: GEXF, PAJEK, YAML, GRAPHML, CSV, JSON
Calculate metrics: wrap NetworkX algorithms, can add custom calculations
Publish networks: Interface with Geoserver WMS via gsconfig (in dev)
NISMOD-DB – Networks…
Topographical View
Topological View Metric View
UK Road • OS Meridian (24071 nodes, 50292 edges)• OS Strategi (18066 nodes, 28089 edges)
• UK Rail (2526 stations, 1415 junctions)• UK National Grid-owned Electricity Transmission• Generation Stations, Interconnectors, Substations (643
nodes)• Underground cables, Overhead lines, Interconnectors (759
edges)•UK National Grid-owned Gas Transmission• Offtakes, Block Valves, Compressors, Storage Sites, LNG Sites,
Terminals, Pipelines plus more (625 nodes, 679 edges)
NISMOD-DB for Networks…
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Example: Network analysis, London, UK
SubstationsTube stationsDependency links
GUI for network analysis
This research was funded by EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1
Future Work…
• Complex sets of outputs from infrastructure capacity and demand modelling (NISMOD-LP)• Integration of inputs/outputs within NISMOD-DB• Web services for remote execution• Development of infrastructure data dashboards
• Extension of current dashboards per sector• Single, integrated interface for all sectors• Development of visualisations for investigating and
disseminating infrastructure performance• Development of network visualisation
• Use of network visualisation tools for NISMOD-LP• Further development of network visualisation dashboards
for failure simulation• Extension of network module for end-to-end network
construction, storage, analysis and dissemination
This research was funded by EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1
Summary
• Data available on many aspects of infrastructure• Management, provenance, analysis and
dissemination key to effective research• Relational database, with spatial and network
extensions being developed as part of UK ITRC to:• Handle model outputs for future capacity and
demand under range of different scenarios• Build, store and manage networks• Disseminate data via prototype visualisation
tools
This research was funded by EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1
Links• Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium
www.itrc.org.uk http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/I01344X/1
• School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk
• Geospatial Engineering Group@ Newcastlehttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg/research/geomatics/geospatialengineering/
• Geospatial Engineering Group Blog @ Newcastlehttp://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/geospatialengineering
• Centre for Earth System’s Engineering Research (CESER) @ Newcastle
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/
This research was funded by EPSRC Programme Grant EP/I01344X/1
Thank you.
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